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Announcements and News
- Applications for the 2026–2027 SIMS Visiting Research Fellowships is now open! Applications are due Friday, May 1, 2026. Learn more and apply.
- Announcing the SIMS / Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures Collaborative Fellowship! Applications are due Friday, May 1, 2026. Learn more and apply.
- Applications for the 2026–2027 SIMS Graduate Student Research Fellowship is now open! Applications are due Friday, May 1, 2026. Learn more and apply.
- The Fall 2025 issue (Vol. 10.2) of Manuscript Studies is now available in Diamond-level Open Access via Project Muse, as are all previous issues.
- SIMS is excited to announce the following Visiting Research Fellows for the 2025–2026 academic year: Ali Noori (Fordham University), Hanno Wijsman (Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes), and Emanuele Scieri (University of Glasgow).
- Discover BASIRA, the Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art database, a new digital resource for book history hosted by the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. Enter the database or visit the project website to learn more.
- Join us every Thursday at 12:00PM Noon EDT / 5pm BST for Coffee with a Codex (via Zoom; registration required).
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May 28, 2026
Coffee with a Codex: Franciscan Miscellany (Part 2)
On May 28, curator Dot Porter will bring out -Ms. Codex 869, a collection of treatises, bullae, and regulations of Franciscan interest (for a second look).
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Open to the Public
- Workshop
June 4, 2026
Coffee with a Codex: Prayers in German
On June 4, curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 2141, a 16th century collection of approximately 20 prayers with calligraphic ornamentation.
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Open to the Public
- Workshop
June 11, 2026
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy Manuscript in Rochester, NY
On June 11, curator Dot Porter will be attending a workshop at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. While there, she will visit the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and bring out their 15th c. copy of Sacrobosco’s De sphaera mundi (On the Sphere of the World).
- 12:00pm - 12:30pm
- Online
Open to the Public